January 2018

The Florida Today headline proclaimed “Women’s march unites men, women, all ages…” I thought it was interesting. Was the march in our community so significantly different that it could be considered a march for unity? I was kidding myself. Of course it couldn’t. And the story proved out my theory. The local march, like its sister marches across the country was …

Three of the six announced Republican candidates for Brevard County Commission in District 2 withdrew from the race on Monday — two days after four of them had a private meeting in one of the candidate’s homes. Cordell Rolle of Rockledge, Timothy Street of Merritt Island and Tim Tumulty of Cocoa Beach — who is a former member of the …

The crowded field of candidates for Brevard County Commission District 2 just got even more crowded. On Friday, Merritt Island resident Jack Smink filed to run as a Democrat for the seat. The seat since 2014 has been held by Republican Jim Barfield, who in November announced that he would not seek re-election to a second four-year term because of business …